THE WOOD FIRE IN No. 3
BY F. HOPKINSON SMITH
ILLUSTRATED IN COLORS BY
ALONZO KIMBALL
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
NEW YORK 1913
Copyright, 1905, by
Charles Scribner's Son
Published, October, 1905
Mac had the floor this afternoon.
A WORD OF WELCOME:
To those of you who love an easy chair, a mug, a pipe, and a story; towhom a well-swept hearth is a delight and the cheery crackle of hickorylogs a joy; the touch of whose elbows sends a thrill through responsivehearts and whose genial talk but knits the circle the closer,—as wellas those gentler spirits who are content to listen—how rare theyare!—do I repeat Sandy MacWhirter's hearty invitation: "Draw up, drawup! By the gods, but I'm glad to see you! Get a pipe. The tobacco is inthe yellow jar."
Room No. 3, Old Building,
October, 1905.
CONTENTS
A WORD OF WELCOME:
PART I. In which Certain Details regarding a Lost Opal are set Forth
PART II. Wherein the Gentle Art of Dining is Variously Described
PART III. With Especial Reference to a Girl in a Steamer Chair
PART IV. With a Detailed Account of a Dangerous Footpad
PART V. In which Boggs Becomes Dramatic and Relates a Tale of Blood
PART VI. Wherein Mac Dilates on the Human Side of "His Worship, the ChiefJustice" and his Fellow Dogs
PART VII. Containing Mr. Alexander MacWhirter's Views on Lord Ponsonby, MajorYancey, and their Kind
PART VIII. In which Murphy and Lonnegan Introduce Some Mysterious Characters
PART IX. Around the Embers of the Dying Fire
BOOKS BY F. HOPKINSON SMITH
ILLUSTRATIONS
From drawings in color by Alonzo Kimball
Mac had the floor this afternoon
But the perfume of the violets and the way she looked at me
The men pressed closer to look. "Roses, on a man like him!"
Not a tramp; rather a good-looking, well-mannered man, who had evidentlyseen better days
Again his fingers tightened; my breath was going
"It's a better advertisement than two columns in a mornin BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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